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She tells her friends that boys will be boys, that he’ll be back as soon as his money runs dry. She has a successful husband, a loving son, a beautiful home, and a supportive group of girlfriends ever ready for their weekly wine night.īut when Mona’s son gets entangled with the wrong crowd and runs away from home, her blissful suburban world begins to unravel. Mona Ellison's life is as perfect as the porcelain dolls lined up on her shelves. and a darker reality bubbles beneath the surface. Ahhh.)Ī picture-perfect suburban life fractures. This I GOTTA hear! Or-what was your favorite doll growing up? Or.was she a lot like mine? (And I must say, I hesitated before posting a couple of Susan's doll photos. But if you’d like to know how my research plays out in What They Don’t Know, please purchase a copy to learn more about Mona, her dolls, and the mysterious (dare I say murderous?) happenings that plague her once peaceful suburban life.īefore clicking over to your favorite book purchasing venue, comment below and let me know: Do you believe in hauntings? And if so, have you experienced one yourself? As for those malicious dolls he had in his collection … well … that’s a story for another day. Are his items haunted? Some would say so. Kevin Cain is a delightful gentleman, and he was gracious enough to share his experiences with me, like a paranormal investigation of a crime scene and the doll attached to its owner’s mysterious death.

I mean, why take chances? We’ve all heard the term, stranger than fiction, right?Īs it turned out, I had nothing to worry about. But that day as I knocked on Kevin’s door for an interview, I was prepared not only with a slew of questions and a camera for photos, but I also had a vial of holy water tucked in my pocket. Ready to learn more about something I didn't yet understand, I hit the road to Birmingham and the home of paranormal enthusiast and author, Kevin Cain, and his collection of over two hundred haunted dolls. But this would be the first time I’ve faced down anything paranormal. Other trips have been a little more adventurous, like meeting up with some unsavory types on a remote stretch of the Appalachian Trail while researching The Bone Gap Travellers series. Some have turned out to be wonderful, like tasting my way through the mid-Georgia back country for recipes to include in my culinary cozies, the Georgia Peach series. Mind you, I’ve been on many research trips, all in the name of getting the facts right. He considers these dolls to be haunted and who's to say he's wrong? So, when my publicist presented an opportunity to write an article for CrimeReads Magazine, we decided that a lot of folks might be intrigued by both Kevin’s paranormal collection and his related investigations.

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During research, I happened upon a series of podcasts and books written by paranormal investigator Kevin Cain who collects dolls that have been involved in ghostly and sometimes criminal activities.

While it’s unknown if Mona’s dolls are haunted, or if her mind has fabricated it all, the idea of the possibility of dolls possessed by spirits intrigued me. As Mona confronts the lies of the real people around her, she hears the whispered counsel of her beloved dolls … and she does what they tell her.ĭo guardian spirits or malicious miscreants embody her dolls? Or are the dolls haunted at all? You, the reader, will have to decide. Well, at least Mona believes her dolls talk to her. Mona, however, is an avid collector and she doesn’t just collect dolls, she painstakingly tends to each one of them by mending their clothing and their broken parts, even talking to them. For example, in my latest story What They Don’t Know(do you detect a theme here?) my main character, Mona Ellison, collects dolls.

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